Strengths:
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Good research environment (faculty with R01 grants)/students may have opportunity to engage in research
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Have data
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Infer institutional commitment due to other URM student support programs
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Potential student numbers from different schools
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Diverse student body/URM pool
Weaknesses:
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Many student development programs, but not good outcomes in sending URMs to PhD programs
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Don't know baseline
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Low % of URM students going into PhD
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No plan with no MGOs (Measurable Goal and Objectives)
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Low retention and low graduation rates
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The word "MARC" does not appear in the abstract - questionable
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Focus on graduate training and not undergraduate